Vueling to receive two extra A320s in December

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 08 Nov 2004, 14:26

According to the vueling timetable Vueling is to receive two extra A320.
This will make the fleet of vueling expand to 5 A320.

This will be the timetable for the two new airbusses

A320 #3: BCN - BIO - BCN - FCO - BCN - BRU - BCN
A320 #4: BCN - MXP - BCN - MXP - VLC - MXP - BCN

These flights will be flown starting from December 4th.
The flights already flown at this time:

EC-JAB: BCN - BRU - VLC - BRU - BCN - PMI - VLC - PMI - BCN
EC-IZD: BCN - CDG - VLC - SVQ - BCN - MAD - BCN - CDG - BCN
EC-HZU: BCN - SVQ - BCN - PMI - BCN - SVQ - VLC - CDG - BCN

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 08 Nov 2004, 19:46

Finally another A320 instead of the usual EC-JAB. I was at the airport yesterday and guess what... Yes indeed I saw EC-JAB again ......

Does someone have any idea of the loadfactors of VLG's flights except the BRU ones ?

Chris

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 08 Nov 2004, 21:08

They are having on all their flights a average loadfactor between 60 and 70%. For being profitable on a flight they need a load factor of 46,7%. On most flight they get this loadfactor.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 08 Nov 2004, 21:20

Thanks for your quick answer. But how can they make profit with a loadfactor of 46.7 when they sell their tickets at approx. 40€ (If I remember well)

Is the staff working for peanuts ?

Chris

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 08 Nov 2004, 21:57

This has multiple reasons. First of all, the whole vueling personal is based in Barcelona. So never a night stop anywhere, so no cost for hotels and this kind of things. Secondly not all tickets are sold at 40EUR. They start at 35EUR and go up.
Secondly they use new A320 that are cheap in DOC (direct operating cost).
Thirdly, their webpage, what they use to sell, only cost them a little more than 100EUR a day.
Also they personel is not pay a huge salary. I think it is more like the salery of SN brussels Airlines pilots at the moment and I'm sure they work long days.

Post by **sn26567** » 09 Nov 2004, 10:43

waldowa,

you are unbeatable on all what concerns Vueling!

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 09 Nov 2004, 19:43

Thanks for your answers Waldowa.

Anyhow I'm still not 100% sure whether they really make profit with such a low loadfactor ?

Chris

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 10 Nov 2004, 01:56

No they do, this is official info from themselves.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 10 Nov 2004, 19:54

waldova wrote:No they do, this is official info from themselves.

Ok then it's maybe true.
I don't know why but I still can't believe it

I'm an "ongeloovende Thomas" (spelling ?)

Chris

website-info · Post by **website-info** » 15 Nov 2004, 11:22

Hi All,

The next aircraft for Vueling is c/n 1769 ex 9H-ADY and is currently being painted in Southend, UK for delivery next week some time,

Rgds
Tony

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 15 Nov 2004, 11:29

Hey, thanks for the info!!

Is it possible to get pictures from this? I really hope so. Would be nice to see how the plane is transformed from one livery to the Vueling livery.
I just looked at the Air Malta livery of this plane.

Thanks a lot

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 15 Nov 2004, 20:23

Thanks for the info Tony

Chris

qnnm · Post by **qnnm** » 15 Nov 2004, 22:16

Just for your info, on tuesday 9 nov EC-HZU was noted at Bru (morningflight)

Jetset · Post by **Jetset** » 19 Nov 2004, 00:25

9H-ADY was handed over ex-Air Malta to the Leasing Company last weekend and is being sprayed in Southend this week.

Does anyone know where the other A320 is being sourced from next month?

Jetset · Post by **Jetset** » 26 Nov 2004, 23:47

Just found out the the second A320 is also from Air Malta, this time a dry lease for 6 months. It is 9H-AER which was previously operating out of their Birmingham base, which has closed for the winter. It left UK to be sprayed at Chateauroix today.

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 27 Nov 2004, 09:32

Thanks also for the info. I'm wondering what they will do in 6 months when the lease is over.

website-info · Post by **website-info** » 28 Nov 2004, 19:45

I am not sure that 9H-AER is the '5th' A320 for Vueling. It may well come on lease for 6 mths, but OY-VKN is currently in the Southend paintshop in basic Vueling colours without titles (so far)

Rgds
Tony

Post by **luchtzak** » 28 Nov 2004, 19:48

Thanks Tony for this update.

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 29 Nov 2004, 10:03

I just looked up in the aero transport database. This plane is indeed ready to go to Vueling. It looks like it has been bought by Vueling. Ok, this is what I found for this plane, for OY-VKN:

s/n: 2114
Firs flight: 15/09/03

It was flying for My travel airways Denmark.

So this plane has an age of 1 year and 1 month.

website-info · Post by **website-info** » 30 Nov 2004, 12:46

OY-VKN is on the acceptance flight ex Southend as I type, so will probably get it's new reg this afternoon and delivery tonight or tomorrow....

will keep all advised,

Rgds
Tony